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Topics: British Independent Film Awards, Michael Fassbender, Olivia Colman, Raindance Film Festival, Tilda Swinton, Tyrannosaur

The 14^th British Independent Film Awards has given three awards to Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur for Best British Independent Film, Best Debut Director, and Best Actress.

Created by the people behind the Raindance Film Festival in 1998, the BIFA now honors and pushes merit and achievement in British independent films.

Michael Fassbender’s stellar performance in Shame has won him the Best Actor award, further strengthening his momentum for the Academy Awards race.

Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin) lost to Tyranossaur’s Olivia Colman who won the Best Actress award but Swinton’s film director Lynne Ramsay managed to win Best Director against Steve McQueen (Shame).

The complete list of nominees and winners (bold):

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM  Sponsored by Moët & Chandon
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tyrannosaur
We Need To Talk About Kevin

BEST DIRECTOR Sponsored by The Creative Partnership
Ben Wheatley – Kill List
Steve Mcqueen – Shame
Tomas Alfredson – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Paddy Considine – Tyrannosaur
Lynne Ramsay – We Need To Talk About Kevin

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR] Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
Joe Cornish – Attack The Block
Ralph Fiennes – Coriolanus
John Michael Mcdonagh – The Guard
Richard Ayoade – Submarine
Paddy Considine – Tyrannosaur

BEST SCREENPLAY Sponsored by BBC Films
John Michael Mcdonagh – The Guard
Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump – Kill List
Abi Morgan, Steve Mcqueen – Shame
Richard Ayoade – Submarine
Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear – We Need To Talk About Kevin

BEST ACTRESS Sponsored by M.A.C
Rebecca Hall – The Awakening
Mia Wasikowska – Jane Eyre
Myanna Buring – Kill List
Olivia Colman – Tyrannosaur
Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin

BEST ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson – The Guard
Neil Maskell – Kill List
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Peter Mullan – Tyrannosaur

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Felicity Jones – Albatross
Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus
Carey Mulligan – Shame
Sally Hawkins – Submarine
Kathy Burke – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Smiley – Kill List
Tom Hardy – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Benedict Cumberbatch – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Eddie Marsan – Tyrannosaur
Ezra Miller – We Need To Talk About Kevin

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER Sponsored by STUDIOCANAL
Jessica Brown Findlay – Albatross
John Boyega – Attack The Block
Craig Roberts – Submarine
Yasmin Paige – Submarine
Tom Cullen – Weekend

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION Sponsored by Deluxe142
Kill List
Tyrannosaur
Weekend
Wild Bill
You Instead

THE RAINDANCE AWARD Sponsored by Exile Media
Acts Of Godfrey
Black Pond
Hollow
Leaving Baghdad
A Thousand Kisses Deep

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Chris King, Gregers Sall – Editing – Senna
Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography – Shame
Joe Walker – Editing – Shame
Maria Djurkovic – Production Design – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Seamus Mcgarvey – Cinematography – We Need To Talk About Kevin

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Hell And Back Again
Life In A Day
Project Nim
Senna
Tt3d: Closer To The Edge

BEST BRITISH SHORT
0507
Chalk
Love At First Sight
Rite
Rough Skin

BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
Animal Kingdom
Drive
Pina
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film)
Sponsored by Working Title
Ralph Fiennes

THE VARIETY AWARD
Kenneth Branagh

THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Graham Easton

 

Tyrannosaur Official Trailer